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PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 24, 1970 T880,005 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING2,2,4-TRIME'I'HYLPENTANOL Hugh J. Hagemeyer, Jr., David C. Hull, andMilton A. Perry, Longview, Tex., assignors to Eastman Kodak Company,Rochester, N.Y., a corporation of New Jersey Continuation of applicationSer. No. 786,458, Dec. 23, 1968, which is a continuation-in-part ofapplication Ser. No. 379,009, June 29, 1964. This application Dec. 22,1969, Ser. No. 883,663

Int. Cl. C07c 31/02 U.S. Cl. 260-638 No Drawing. 7 Pages Specification Aprocess for the manufacture of 2,2,4-trimethylpentanol which comprisescontacting an ester of 2,2,4-trimethyl-3-pentenol having the formulawherein R is alkyl of 1 to 17 carbon atoms, phenyl, 0-, mor p-tolyl,benzylyl or cyclohexyl; with hydrogen at a temperature from about 185 C.to about 275 C. and a pressure in the range of about 2000 p.s.i. toabout 103008 p.s.i. over a copper-chromium oxide catalyst,

